Asheville cops: 2 stole nearly $45K in cash, goods

2:02 PM,
Sep. 4, 2013

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Two people are facing charges after police say they broke into three homes and stole nearly $45,000 in cash, electronics and jewelry.

Steven Wendell Coleman, 38, of Cordova, N.C., and Cara Joan Rajaniemi, 29, of Asheville, each were charged today with three counts of breaking and entering and larceny and three counts of obtaining property by false pretense, according to warrants at the Buncombe County magistrate's office.